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Media suddenly interested in vetting candidates’ college years
redstate.com ^ | 2/11/15 | Joe Cunningham

Posted on 02/12/2015 5:22:43 AM PST by cotton1706

Scott Walker has come from out of nowhere (if you weren’t paying attention), survived three elections in four years as a Republican in a blue state, and is making waves with statements and policies that drive the Left insane. However, there is one thing that makes Walker different from other potential presidential candidates – he never finished college. And, the college life of a presidential candidate didn’t seem to concern the media in 2008 when no one decided to vet Obama’s collegiate career or figure out what the hell he might have done (aside from drugs!) in college. In 2016, it suddenly matters.

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It’s funny. Barack Obama had absolutely no accomplishments prior to running for office, and we were told nothing of his educated life by a media whose job is supposed to be informing the public. Scott Walker, meanwhile, dropped out of college, gave a reason as to why, and it warrants a full investigation by the very same media that protected Obama’s past. The media, once again is showing a distinct bias, and will make no change no matter who calls it out or how loudly it is called out.

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I fully understand and even approve of the need to vet candidates who are running for the highest office in the land, or any office for that matter. The public needs to know the character of the person who will represent their will. But, the media chose not to do that for Barack Obama, and they are maliciously slinging mud against a man who hasn’t officially announced it yet. The bias is plain as day and, sadly, it’s unsurprising.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; obamacollege; walker2016; walkercollege; walkercollegeyears
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To: cotton1706

The media’s favorite Starbucks coffee flavor: Obies@ss.

You have to present press credentials to get it.


21 posted on 02/12/2015 5:47:55 AM PST by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: Williams

Oh Yeah, the choom gang:

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2014/08/02/choom-gang-reunion/


22 posted on 02/12/2015 5:48:13 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: cotton1706

I think this is a great idea!

Let’s compare them all to Obama’s

(Oh wait......)


23 posted on 02/12/2015 5:48:55 AM PST by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016 (for 16 years of conservative bliss))
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To: cotton1706

He just needs to seal his records, just like Obama. Then challenge the president. Unseal yours and I will unseal mine.


24 posted on 02/12/2015 5:50:22 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: cotton1706

This is a problem for Walker only if he pursues his plan to dumb down the Wisconsin university system.


25 posted on 02/12/2015 5:52:55 AM PST by Lisbon1940
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To: sauropod

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26 posted on 02/12/2015 5:55:31 AM PST by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: Travis McGee

Don’t forget Harry Truman, the last Democrat President to possess any modicum of common sense.


27 posted on 02/12/2015 5:55:34 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: cotton1706

Funny, ain’t it?


28 posted on 02/12/2015 5:55:46 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: cotton1706

As a homeschooling mom, I embrace a NO-college degree candidate. The ‘well-educated’ spew smelly non-thinking.


29 posted on 02/12/2015 5:56:11 AM PST by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: cotton1706
Media suddenly interested in vetting candidates’ college years

Uh, Bowbama's college years/transcripts? They'll have a ball with Hitlery!

30 posted on 02/12/2015 5:57:28 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Travis McGee

Conspicuously missing on your list: Rush Limbaugh


31 posted on 02/12/2015 5:58:42 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: petercooper

> Remember, most liberal “intellectuals” are simply educated beyond their intelligence.

Educated might be a misnomer. There’s a reason for the term, “educated idiots”. They can teach you all about the hidden culture of transgenderism down through the ages but they can’t change a tire...


32 posted on 02/12/2015 5:59:04 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: gaijin

The anti-war movement will come back from hiatus as well.


33 posted on 02/12/2015 6:02:35 AM PST by skippyjonjones
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To: cotton1706

I think this is entirely fair. After all, we all know Obama went to college so it only stands to reason anyone else needs to have gone also. In addition, Sen Cruz needs to release his transcripts from Harvard to prove he got all “A”s (it doesn’t matter that he never claimed he did). If he got one A minus, he’s obviously not qualified to be President either.

Obama doesn’t need to do any of this because he’s black. That’s what qualifies him.

Again, all of this is perfectly fair and if you disagree you’re a racist.


34 posted on 02/12/2015 6:05:49 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: Travis McGee

“Frank Lloyd Wright”

He certainly didn’t have an engineering degree.


35 posted on 02/12/2015 6:06:25 AM PST by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: SisterK

> and Nobama’s college years?

You mean the college coirses that he yook to meet the requirements of becoming a lawyer so he could be maneuvered ino position to run for president all according the The Plan. The college education that Communist, Tom Ayers (Bill’s father), and the rich prince of Saudi Arabia paid for with no strings attached? Yeah folks we were suckered by one of the biggest con games to ever hit the planet. One that took 4 decades to achieve. And here we are and a huge percentage don’t even realize WTH is going on...


36 posted on 02/12/2015 6:06:32 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: gaijin

I have noticed that they dont exist now. We have the worst economy since Carter and lie about it. Record amount of people out of jobs and collecting food stamps and other welfare. One can clearly see the number of homeless increase right here in DC. Yet not a peep out of the media.


37 posted on 02/12/2015 6:07:38 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Old Sarge

I mean as far as the media is concerned.


38 posted on 02/12/2015 6:11:22 AM PST by gaijin
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To: cotton1706
This results from the MSM ability to control the narrative. “The News” is nothing more then “Storytelling”. The one who controls the telling of the story controls the future. Being in control of which story will be told and “how” it is told, is the ultimate power.

You could be an Eagle Scout Son of a Preacher turned Successful Governor, but if the media decides to portray you as a toothless woman hating neanderthal...well guess what people will think of you.

On the other hand, you could be a subversive, racist, pathologically lying narcissistic America Hating Mulatto, but the media decides you are the 2nd coming of JC...Guess what the low info crowd believe.

The Brian Williams thing brought this into focus. Lying agenda driven media still own the future.

39 posted on 02/12/2015 6:12:53 AM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: cotton1706
Walker survived scrutiny by the unions. I dare say this "no college degree" business will just make him more appealing to the masses.

For the record: I like both Walker and Cruz. I think Cruz is crazy smart and would be fun to watch in a debate against Hillary! I think Walker has experience running a state.

I'm so tired of FReepers that feel the need to bash one or the other of these candidates. These are both good men and would do us proud!

40 posted on 02/12/2015 6:13:00 AM PST by CAluvdubya (<------- has now left CA for NV, where God and guns have not been outlawed! "The Miracle of America")
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